Icarus Wind
Thea Gilmore
from Recorded Delivery (2009)
Intro: (2x)
It s the Icarus wind,
it s blowing in my eyes
It s the Icarus wind,
it s telling me those lies
And its heart is like ice
its fingers are long
And it knows just who ll be torn
apart by that windsong
It s the Icarus wind
It s the Icarus wind,
blowing through my hair
It s the Icarus wind
loosening the threads
And, my God, it will stop you
right there, dead in your tracks
If you re just held together
with hope and candle-wax
(2x) It s the Icarus wind
And the higher it pulls me up,
the hotter it gets
It s the end of the dream around mid fire
and cigarettes
It s the Icarus wind
blowing through my ears
It s the Icarus wind
dusting away those tears
Singing, baby the truth is
that this won t hurt at all
Soon there ll just be feathers
and the quiet of the fall
(3x) It s the Icarus wind